Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: B - The first successful slave rebellion began in 1791 in French colony Saint-Dominique, which became the Republic of Haiti in 1804. Subsequently, Haiti was the first state in the New World that was governed by people of African descent. France actually outlawed slavery in all of its possessions in 1794 during the French Revolution, but in an attempt to quell the rebellion in Saint-Dominique, France abolished slavery in that particular colony in 1793. Nevertheless, the people continued to fight for total freedom. The successful slave uprising in Haiti served as inspiration to U.S. slaves and enslaved people in other European possessions, but subsequent rebellions in other territories and countries failed to achieve abolition.